Ponderings of a Scientist

Last weeks pics. on shutterfly, including first trip t the beach!

One the beach topic, I can’t help but comment:  The National Marine Fisheries Service had a new $60 million dollar research vessel built for doing fish stock surveys in the Northeast.  This boat, the R/V Bigelow, has taken years to build and now that its done, it doesn’t have anywhere to port.  Yep, the genius that is our government, built a boat with a draft to deep for any of the ports they want to dock the boat in.  So they are going to pay millions more to dredge, Woods Hole Harbor to create enough depth for the vessel to dock next to all the important research stations on Cape Cod.